Cen Jin was never a quiet girl.
She got into fights with boys and slapped girls.
What hadn't she done?
If her grades hadn't been genuinely good, she would have been expelled long ago.
One day on the bus, a handsome boy steadied her when she stumbled. She didn't think much of it, but she remembered his face.
The next day, that boy turned out to be the transfer student in her class, and her deskmate to boot?!
When she learned that her deskmate was named Shen Chi, Cen Jin's long-buried memories came rushing back.
Shen Chi used to live next door to her, and the two of them had even been promised to each other as children!
Thankfully, their parents had gotten older and wiser. They held a family meeting and unanimously decided that the kids could choose for themselves whom to marry.
So the wedding plans could wait for now.
Later, she realized that this Jiang Chi wasn't all that annoying after all.
It was just a little awkward.
Whenever he had time, Jiang Chi helped her carry things. If anyone picked on her, he gave them a merciless comeback, even though nobody could actually bully her. He played the piano for her, too.
When had she started relying on her deskmate?
She didn't know. She just felt that she was becoming more and more unable to live without Jiang Chi...
When had she started working so hard to change herself, to make herself seem like a better match for Jiang Chi?
Cen Jin knew she liked him, but he was two years younger than her, and they'd once been engaged before she called it off... She couldn't bring herself to say it.
What the hell was with that engagement! It was so awkward!
She, Cen Jin, just couldn't say it!
At last, they graduated. Jiang Chi started his own business, while Cen Jin quietly kept an eye on him from a company nearby.
Finally, one day, a woman confessed to Jiang Chi. Cen Jin realized she was running out of time.
"Jiang Chi, I like you."
"Hmm?"
"I like you."
"Why are you being so forward?"
"What do you mean? I've held back for ages..."
"So have I."
"So have you what?"
"I've held back for ages. I've liked you for ages."
A rebellious girl x her goofy deskmate
Theme: "Why are you being so forward?" "Nonsense! I've held back for ages. I've liked you for ages."
